Reviews – Page 103 – Lollipop Magazine

Cooking Mama World Kitchen – Review

February 1, 2009

There’s a charm to preparing exotic dishes in Mama’s high-strung, cartoony world. If you’ve played the previous Wii or DS titles, you know it’s a fleeting one.

Ashers – Cold Dark Place – Review

February 1, 2009

Ex-members of Crash & Burn and The Unseen. Crash & Burn were barnstorming rock, filled with speedy riffs. The Unseen are/were mohawk punk, but damn hardcore.

13 Winters – Where the Souls Wander – Review

February 1, 2009

Kick-ass black/extreme female-fronted metal from Maine. Yeah, Maine. Singer Die Winters is part Tom Warrior circa Morbid Tales and part Dani Filth.

Sepultura – A-Lex – Review

January 9, 2009

Based on the book and movie A Clockwork Orange. Sepultura 2.0’s usual pageant of groove and rigidity, thrashing, main tool being Kisser’s riffing.

Sixteen Horsepower – Live March 2001 – Review

January 1, 2009

American roots music severed and run through the Wisconsin Book of the Dead, Old Testament dread, and American Gothic.

Roadsaw – See You In Hell – Review

January 1, 2009

The recording sounds great, guitarist Darryl Shepard brings his unique, burly guitar tone, and Riggs sings like a rock star from a bygone era.

Monster Magnet – 4-Way Diablo – Review

January 1, 2009

It takes until song five to find the dark groove. Then they warm up and tickle your cosmic g-spot. There are roarers to memorize and drones to mesmerize.

Kreator – Hordes of Chaos – Review

January 1, 2009

German thrash legends Kreator claw back to their roots with Hordes of Chaos, a live in the studio recording. A thrashing, speedmetal can of whoop-ass.

SOCOM – U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation – Review

January 1, 2009

SOCOM fans want hardcore, tactics-heavy third-person military-shooting action with no frills and no concessions to court a larger audience.

Skate It – Review

January 1, 2009

Tricks, grinds, grabs; none require the overly-complicated button inputs of the Tony Hawk games. Fun, addictive gameplay and the soundtrack kills.